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p.bagnall.8 186 - 187Mons Claudianus
Translation of a Letter of the praefectus Aegypti via HGV-meta
Greek translation of a prefect's letter condemning two soldiers for desertion. A Greek translation of a Latin letter from Pomponius Faustianus, prefect of Egypt, to Probus, reporting his judgement against two soldiers of a cohort, Julius Serenus and Creperius Donatus, who deserted their comrades and let themselves be overcome by a few weak, unarmed barbarians. The prefect orders the letter and his decision to be posted at the guard posts of the quarries as a warning to other soldiers. machine translation
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- Translation of a Letter of the praefectus Aegypti HGV-meta Mons Claudianus186 - 187
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Transcription
ἀντίγραφον ἐπιστολῆς ῥωμαϊκῆς καὶ ἀποφάσεως
μεθερμηνευθείσης κατὰ δυνατόν. Πωμπώνιος Φαυστιανὸς
Πρόβωι τῷ ἰδίῳ χαίρειν. ἐπέστησα κατὰ Ἰουλίου Σερήνου
στρατιώτου σπείρης τῆς αὐτῆς καὶ Κρεπερηίου Δονάτου
στρατιώτου σπείρης τῆς αὐτῆς διὰ τὸ ἐνκαταλελοιπέναι αὐτοὺς τοὺς συστρατιώτας, αὐτοὺς ὀλίγους τε
βαρβάρους ἀδυνάμους καὶ ἀνόπλους ὑποταγῆναι· διὰ τοῦτο σὺν τῇ ἀποφάσει μου ἐκέλευσα ὧν ἀντιγραφῆναι ἐν τοῖς πραισιδίοις
τῶν μετάλλων προτιθέναι ἵνα τοῖς λοιποῖς συστρατιώταις ᾖ ὑπομνηστέον.
ἡγησάμην τοῦτό σε ποιῆσαι.Translations (1)
Copy of a Roman letter and of a decision, translated as far as possible.
Pomponius Faustianus to his own Probus, greetings.
I have taken proceedings against Julius Serenus, soldier of the same cohort, and Creperius Donatus, soldier of the same cohort, because they abandoned their fellow soldiers, and they themselves, though few, were subdued by barbarians who were weak and unarmed. For this reason I ordered that copies of these (?), together with my decision, be posted in the garrison posts of the quarries, so that the remaining fellow soldiers may be reminded.
I thought that you should do this.
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- TM-Text 219289 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.bagnall;;8 tier-1
- HGV-Text 219289 tier-1
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